Text symbols not working?

tahbikat · #1 02-28-2016, 12:37 PM

This problem started yesterday and though it's definitely not a serious issue, it's something that I noticed.

Things like the copyright symbol and the arrows for the next and previous page links have turned into this: �

How do I fix? :< They show fine in the php code, but when rendered on the site they turn into that.

***Kyttias*** · #2 02-28-2016, 01:53 PM

Mmn... could be a character encoding problem (though this shouldn't happen suddenly?) - in your template's header, try adding a meta tag (not sure which one, but... probably UTF-8) you can read up on it?

tahbikat · #3 02-28-2016, 02:33 PM

Nope, doesn't work. :/
Would removing the .htaccess cause it you think? HoF had to remove it yesterday for a different problem. That's the only thing I can think about that got removed recently.

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>{$browser_title}</title>
{$header->loadFavicon("{$home}favicon.ico")}
{$header->loadStyle("{$home}{$temp}{$theme}/media/style-city.css")}
{$header->loadStyle("{$home}{$temp}{$theme}/media/menu.css")}
{$header->loadAdditionalStyle()}
<!--[if lte IE 6]>
{$header->loadStyle("{$home}{$css}/media/dropdown_ie.css")}
<![endif]-->
</head>

***Kyttias*** · #4 02-28-2016, 03:28 PM

He probably updated it, rather than removing it. If you can access it, you could try adding this line to it:

Code:

AddDefaultCharset utf-8

tahbikat · #5 02-28-2016, 07:07 PM

I can't find them anywhere. :<
They show up in the list of results when I search ".htaccess" in the file manager, but once I click them from the search results they're not there. Only one I see is in the forum folder and it's named a bit differently.

I also noticed things like the hand pointer when clicking buttons has reverted back to just the regular pointer, even though I've specifically set it in the CSS files to display the hand.

Like I said not a major issue, just confuzzling me why this is happening all of a sudden.

***Kyttias*** · #6 02-28-2016, 10:24 PM

. . . you definitely need access to your own copy of an .htaccess file. While HoF can technically keep a master copy in a higher directory, it'll be difficult to manually override it to make changes... (and I have a ton of edits in mine because I've changed how urls look in several places). It's quite possible that your copy exists but can't be seen with whatever file management program he's using. Some FTP programs will also auto-hide .htaccess files (which is more unhelpful than not). So I wonder if yours is really there or not?

In any case, I've done what I can, the rest will be up to HoF for him to puzzle over.

tahbikat · #7 02-29-2016, 01:24 PM

Alright thanks Kyttias! I'll go ahead and wait for him. :P

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